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Icterus croconotus

Photo by Jeff Hopkins
Location: Hotel Pantanal Mato Grosso, Pantanal, Brazil.

[edit] Identification

Orange crown, nape and back, blue skin round the yellow eye. Wings patterned in black, white and orange. Juvenile has the orange areas cold yellow or yellowish-green.

[edit] Distribution

Guyana, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, and northern Argentina. Restall¹ does not describe it from Suriname or French Guiana but has question-marks in the nearest parts of Brazil in the range maps.

[edit] Taxonomy

Previously considered a subspecies of the Venezuelan Troupial (Icterus icterus), it is now a full species: Icterus croconotus and has 2 races: I.c. croconotus and I.c. strictifrons²³.

[edit] Habitat

Forest edge and open woodland, mostly near rivers and lakes¹.

[edit] Behaviour

A pirate that takes over nests from other species of birds.

[edit] References

1. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
2. SACC discussion accepting the split into three forms.
3. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019

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